This is the 1998 status assessment of the scaleshell mussel in the United States. It includes biological information on the species, distribution status information and detailed status figures.
Lesage Island in the Ohio River provides habitat for the endangered pink mucket pearlymussel.
For more information about threatened and endangered mussels visit http://www.fws.gov/midwest/endangered/clams/mussels.html
Close-up of endangered mussel from the Ohio River.For more information about endangered mussels visit http://www.fws.gov/midwest/endangered/clams/mussels.html
Close-up of endangered species mussel from the Ohio River. For more information about endangered mussels visit http://www.fws.gov/midwest/endangered/clams/mussels.html